If a fast food restaurant was one of many hiring workers, the minimum wage was $7.25 an hour, and it was paying $8.00 an hour to attract workers, a cut in the minimum wage to $5.00 an hour would cause them to

A. lower their offering wage to $5.00 an hour.
B. do nothing differently.
C. pay $7.25.
D. raise their offering wage to $9.00 an hour.


Answer: B

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